PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (Firm)
21) Clay pigeons
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English
Description
A black comedy about serial murder, sexual obsession and stifling small-town paranoia.
22) Candyman
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English
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The housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini Green neighborhood were terrorized by a ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand, summoned by those repeating his name five times into a mirror. In present day, visual artist Anthony moves into a luxury loft condo in Cabrini now gentrified beyond recognition. Anthony begins to explore these macabre details in his studio paintings, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence that puts him...
23) Sleepers
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English
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Four young friends from Hell's Kitchen get into trouble and are sent to reform school, where they are sexually abused by guards. Years later, two of the boys are seeking revenge and rely on the other two boys to protect them.
26) The matchmaker
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English
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A woman winds up in a remote Irish town during its annual matchmaking festival. Men are at every corner, but love is nowhere in sight. Until she meets a man even more cynical than herself.
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He knew the law, but he forgot the rules: Never get involved with a client, and never put your family in danger. Meet one of the brightest young stars of the bar, Rick Magruder. Witness how his obsession with a beautiful, mysterious client, stalked by her deranged father, plunges him into a world of terrifying intrigue and deadly deceit. As a hurricane bears down on the city, Rick finds himself locked in a battle without a judge or jury, only an executioner....
31) Ruby
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English
Description
Jack Ruby, a Dallas strip club owner, minor mobster, and FBI informant, becomes the perfect fall guy when the CIA and the mafia join forces to assassinate the President.
32) The game
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English
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"In this thriller, Nicholas Van Orton, a shrewd and successful businessman who is always in control, has been enrolled by his brother in "The Game"--"a profound life experience" with no rules, which begins quietly but soon erupts in a confusing maze of devastating events. Terrorized by forces who seem intent on dismantling all that he has built, Van Orton has to win this deadly game or lose control of everything in his life."
34) Dead man walking
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English
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Matthew Poncelet is the convicted killer of two teenage lovers, preparing to end his life on death row. In response to a letter, Sister Helen Prejean visits Matthew and finds herself face-to-face with a killer who still pleads his innocence. When the date is set for his execution death by lethal injection, Poncelet asks Sister Helen to be his spiritual advisor and she agrees, little knowing the outrage that will follow her decision.
35) Innocent lies
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British detective Alan Cross stumbles into a web of murderous secrets as he investigates the violent death of an old friend.
36) Red Rock west
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English
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An unemployed Texan walks into a tavern in Red Rock, Wyoming, and is mistaken for a professional hit-man.
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Pitch black: Journey to a remote, hostile planet with a group of marooned passengers who learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear.
Chronicles of Riddick: Riddick finds himself humanity's unlikely champion when he escapes from bounty hunters and then learns that he has been chosen as the only man who can stop the evil Necromongers from taking over the universe.
Dark fury: Riddick battles ruthless soldiers of fortune...
38) Roommates
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English
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Evicted from his home, gruff-but-lovable old Rocky goes to live with his grandson Michael in the young man's crampted one-room apartment. When Michael brings home a new girlfriend...things really heat up!
39) Sleepers
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English
Description
Sentenced to the Wilkinson School for boys, four pals are mistreated at will by a cadre of sadistic guards. 15 years later, they have an unexpected opportunity for revenge.
40) Backbeat
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English
Description
Account of the early days of the Beatles, when they were playing strip joints in Hamburg, Germany. John wants his best friend, Stuart Sutcliffe, to join the band, but Stu is headed in a different direction- toward a beautiful photographer who is documenting the Beatles' rise.